title: [Tuberculosis--a small-scale epidemic in a Turkish extended family].
abstract: In a Turkish joint family including 15 family members seven persons suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis within a period of five months, namely, three adults and four children. Pulmonary tuberculosis also occurred in a boy from the neighbourhood. This infection chain originated from a girl of nineteen years of age.
authors.affiliation: Kreisgesundheitsamt Düren, Städtische Hardterwaldklinik Mönchengladbach.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Breuer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ertem
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lemme
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Möller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000635:transmission; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology
vernacular_title: Tuberkulose--Kleinepidemie in einer türkischen Grossfamilie.